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Monday, July 18, 2011
The goggles! They do nothing! (Open thread on episode #718)
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Ya know what? Matt fared far better than his post about this suggested he would.ReplyDelete
He looks like a girl who knows how to have a good time!
wooohoooo -- foxy!ReplyDelete
I'd need a full keg of beer googles for that one...ReplyDelete
Very fetching!ReplyDelete
Is Matt-curious a sexual orientation?ReplyDelete
Your dog looks embarrassedReplyDelete
Matt, absolutely brilliant. And kudos to the ladies who helped you with your look.ReplyDelete
Since this is an open thread, I'd love to discuss the style vs. substance issue. This is one of the few areas where I tend to disagree with Matt and some of the other hosts.ReplyDelete
I've heard it said that it shouldn't matter what a person looks like, how attractive they are, how they are dressed, or what their credentials may be. Their arguments should stand on their own merits.
I agree that it shouldn't matter, but unfortunately, it does.
We live in a world where people see advertisements hundreds of times each day. "Consumers" are bombarded with brands and images airbrushed into perfection and conformity. People generally trust messages that are delivered in a clean and professional package.
I would contend that the Atheist "brand," to the extent that there is one, has a bit of a problem. Prominent atheists like Dawkins and Hitchens are considered to be "dicks" by most theists. Worse yet, atheists, as an extremely loosely organized group of individuals, have to compete with highly-organized marketing and PR of religious organizations. Theists are able to spend vast amounts of money on TV stations, websites, books, pamphlets, etc.
I was a doubter for a long time, but part of what kept me away from the atheist label was the idea that atheists were all a bunch of immoral misanthropes who wanted an easy excuse to do whatever they wanted without any ultimate consequence. I never realized that atheism was the more defensible moral position until I started watching the Atheist Experience regularly. It was the first place that I had ever seen an atheist message delivered in such a positive way. Despite operating with limited resources, the show has been able to elevate some bright and eloquent people to prominence on YouTube and within the global atheist community.
I understand that the purpose of the show isn't necessarily to win converts. Nevertheless, I think any message that you put out there is likely to be better-received if it is presented in a nice package. The more professional you can make the show, the website, and the blog, the more that the average person out there is likely to take you seriously and listen to you. It's not fair, but that's reality.
P.S. That's a lovely dress.
I can't wait for shockofgod to pick up on this as another proof of atheism being madness.ReplyDelete
I'd hit that.ReplyDelete
I'd smash her back doors in...ReplyDelete
Augh! What horror hath we wrought?!ReplyDelete
Matt, speaking as a Transgender person, I have to tell you, you look surprisingly passable. Oddly enough, your size is a help, not a hindrance, as for a smaller framed man, it's usually more obvious that his body lacks the right proportions. You did a great job, for a great cause, and more importantly, did it without indignity toward the TG community. Thank you for that.ReplyDelete
It took me a little while to figure out why this looks so horrible, so... horrifying! It is like a Lovecraftian nightmare!ReplyDelete
Anyhoo, I figured it out. Matt, you shaved your FACE!!!!! With all the wig/makeup/women's clothing stuff, the lack of facial hair wasn't immediately obvious but was nagging at my subconscious. Yikes, don't do this again!
Oh, there are times when I really wish TAE limited callers to three "you knows" per minute. Anthony was a great call, but all the "you knows" were driving me crazy...ReplyDelete
Matt does look pretty good, really. He has a kind beautiful face and not bad legs. Just sayin.ReplyDelete
I meant "kinda beautiful".ReplyDelete
Matt should have started hitting on Charlie.ReplyDelete
Quite, erm... quite convincing, actually. You could actually give a guy a nasty surprise if you wanted to.ReplyDelete
MY GOD WHAT HAVE WE DONE?!ReplyDelete
By the way, my hypo-thesis is that Charlie would totally hit Matt. After all, Matt is not a gay man, so he doesn't provoke disgust and doesn't carry nasty diseases like The Gayness or The Cooties, right? So it's all well!
Welcome to the Drag Experience, promoting positive transvestism from Texas.ReplyDelete
Way to go Matt!, keep up the great programs :)
(Mexican atheist living in AZ)
Yes, it's strictly heterosexual sex with another man wearing a dress, which makes it okay. My disease avoidance response is comfortable with that.
In fact, you look a bit like a math teacher I had in high school.ReplyDelete
Good job on the gender-bending, Matt! Dude *does* look like a lady.ReplyDelete
If Matt had kept the goatee and done everything else it wouldn't be as much of a shock, but facial hair makes a HUGE difference in your look. Matt looks like a completely different person. It's good he didn't half-ass it.ReplyDelete
When I was watching the show one the internet and it was all choppy, and It was hard to see who was talking. and i kept hearing Matts voice but I didn't see him..just that guy and some new chick in red hair lol..and I heard him say "in drag" and thats when I realized that was him lol..good job I really though You were a girl Matt.ReplyDelete
I want one of these skirt/dress/tie around nomad thingies soo bad! Any suggestions where to find one online? No Earthbound Trading Company in my area.ReplyDelete
Also, you look great!
he's totally hot..Id do him.ReplyDelete
Matt, you're the man! ... um ... well ... :)ReplyDelete
(seriously, awesome job)
@Martin - real acid?
The way you treated Charlie, immediately hanging up on him, I was so happy no time was lost with him. All the points that had to be made about him are already made and there will always be a disagreement (he is a horrible person when it comes to human sexuality), so let him go.ReplyDelete
I was fooled yesterday . . . for about 5 seconds. I asked myself, "Who is this big woman here?"ReplyDelete
Great job both on the look and sticking with your premise of arguments standing for themselves.ReplyDelete
Speaking of arguments, I just wanted to point out in your brief discussion of the social evolution of gender... Even if you take the postulate that gender rolls evolved and therefore have some functional value, you also must point out that gender diversity ALSO evolved and therefore has some functional value.
Just had to toss that in.
Whoa, the blog background just got all starry and cool . . .ReplyDelete
Yeah, I was poking around in the blog's template to see why the sharing buttons weren't showing up. They are now -- check the top of this post to see quick links to share posts on Facebook, Google+, Twitter, etc. -- and I also decided this background looked neat while I was at it.ReplyDelete
So we have a few names picked out:ReplyDelete
1. Beth Hulk
2. Uber Beth
3. Matilda (just cause)
I have to say I think Matilda looks good.ReplyDelete
I have to say I think Matilda looks good.ReplyDelete
Although... is it sexist that when Matt's dressed like a woman we all start talking about his looks instead of his intellect and start making unsolicited sexual advances? Or appropriately ironic, or what?
Nicely done, Matt! You clearly put a lot of effort into it and it shows. I admire your dedication to the whole donation bribe! No one really asked you to take it this far and it's really cool how you turned this into another learning experience rather than just a goof.ReplyDelete
@Dorkman, you mean, is it sexist how when Matt dresses like a woman posters start making rape jokes about him, like "busting down back doors" and so forth?
a) yes.
b) it's also really creepy.
c) just because it's a joke does not make points (a) and (b) untrue.
@OnlyWhatIKnow: Largely what you're talking about is ethos, one of Aristotle's modes of persuasion, alongside pathos and logos. The way I typically put the notion is that pathos (emotional appeals) is why you should care, ethos (personal appeals) is why you should trust me, and logos (logical/evidentiary appeals) is why I'm right.ReplyDelete
Atheists and skeptics tend to focus mostly on the logos in persuasive arguments, because that's all that matters in science and logical debate. In actual persuasion, the other two are at least as important, something I've harped on myself. While we're often willing to use harsh, evocative language to score pathos points (see: any time we talk about genital mutilation or the multitudes killed by anti-vax nutters), appeals to ethos often seem too close to arguments from authority for skeptical-minded people to be comfortable with. We're generally okay with oppositional ethical appeals (Kevin Trudeau is a noted fraud, Jenny McCarthy has no medical qualifications, Ben Stein is an unrepentant liar, etc.), but not so much with the positive ones.
Part of that is the very deficit you note: atheists have a bad reputation. A big part of accommodationist positions seems to be that atheists need to keep quiet and stay hidden so we don't scare away potential religious allies--the implication being that we don't want them to realize that things like evolution and Big Bang cosmology are consistent with--or perhaps even potential causes of--atheism. Heaven forbid.
But while the "dick" thing gets thrown around a lot, the truth seems to be that, to our opponents, tone doesn't really matter. Take a look at the fundie attacks on Hemant Mehta (preceding his more recent slide away from out-and-out "friendliness"), the IDiots' general hatred and rancor for soft-spoken Eugenie Scott, or the vandals and protestors up in arms over billboards saying "Millions are good without god" or "Don't believe in god? You're not alone" or "There is probably no god. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life." These are not harsh, strident, rude, in-your-face, dickish messages. They are about as soft-spoken as you can get. Even Richard Dawkins isn't the shrieking frothy-mouthed rottweiler that the religious right would portray him as.ReplyDelete
What's "dickish" to the believers is not any subtlety of tone; it doesn't matter how softly we speak or how many qualifiers we put on our statements, the "dickish" part is that we would dare to speak out, to dissent, to voice doubt at all. The dickishness is in prodding the bubble of privilege that a majority-theist and majority-Christian society has allowed them to inhabit for their entire lives.
That we exist is, in and of itself, a threat to their beliefs. That we speak up and speak out against those beliefs is an unacceptable assault. The solution is to speak up and speak out and openly exist in greater numbers, with greater visibility. The more of us there are, the more of us who are friends and neighbors and celebrities to theists, the less tenable the "atheists are immoral hedonists who defy god so they can sin freely" claim becomes, the more clearly absurd it appears.
It's the same as it has been for the GLBT community. The younger generations of Christians are much more welcoming of gays, in part because they know gay people, and can see that they don't fit the "sinful predator looking to convert others" stereotype spewed from the pulpit. Getting to that point required not just your clean-cut professional neighbor and his equally clean-cut life partner, but also the flamboyant drag queens in sequined banana-hammocks who challenged heteronormative privilege and showed people that they could be as gay as they wanted without fear.
Getting to that point will require similar campaigns. We need to come out as neighbors and friends as other normal people. But we also need our drag queens.
Hey there Matt, are you.. single? ;)ReplyDelete
Seriously, That's like... really passable. As long as you on't talk! hehe.
I'd turn Bi in a second if I saw that in the streets and had an offer :P
My first reaction when I saw the still frame of the show my first thought was: "huh, where is Matt, I thought he was going to be in drag; I only see Jeff D and a woman I don't recognise... oh" then it dawned on me. Well done.ReplyDelete
Rarity approves of this fabulosity.ReplyDelete
Great episode, a lot of interesting callers.ReplyDelete
I'm not sure whats more off putting, seeing that Matt's "first time" in drag looks passable. Or reading the comments in this blog that are making sexual passes.ReplyDelete
I'd hit it.ReplyDelete
I also want to voice my annoyance over ill-prepared and annoying callers, and I'm not talking about charlie.ReplyDelete
Like, one guy, like, kept saying "like", like, every few words. And it's like, annoying.
Another guy had "quick questions" that took about 5 minutes of explanation before asking. Not so quick. And he was clueless about muting the stream while calling in.
I really wish callers were more prepared when calling in. I get it that they may be nervous or excited, but a little preparation of what you plan on saying/asking would probably cut calls down a bit on their length, make for more productive communication, and provide people like me less to whine about on a blog.
@Ian Andreas Miller: *Brohoof*ReplyDelete
Not bad matt, you got me confounded for a couple of seconds (mostly because of the redhead wig and the absence of facial hair).
Episode itself was dragging a bit, har har. Too many atheist callers in my opinion, and they went on for faaaaaar too long to remain interesting. Still, i'll come back and watch it again in a week or so, as i do with every show. :)
Don't take this the wrong way, Matt, but I find you very interesting, and I was wondering...ReplyDelete
Seriously, good show. That was the perfect way to handle the Chucklehead, not once but twice. Bravo.
The horror...The horror...ReplyDelete
Does anyone know how to DL from blip.tv anymore?ReplyDelete
Used to be they had a Files section where you could dl in flv, mp4 or wmv (not sure when they redesigned their site since I only listened to the mp3 for the last couple episodes, and I can't find it now)
lol, my captcha word was "Manish" (before I hit edit, anyway)
Matt - as a transgender. Thank you so much for not making a huge joke out of this. Transphobia is a common and sad thing, and I'm glad that you didn't turn what is often, for some, a very real thing into a joke.ReplyDelete
And you didn't look half bad.
I am *sorely* tempted to print this photo on a t-shirt, with the caption "Atheism: Not Even Once" and wear it to Dragon*Con.ReplyDelete
I think Matt, could record himself, in that awesome outifit singing something like, "Garota de Ipanema", to raise funds for the ACA...but thats just an idea...even if Matt is a great crossdresser, i can tell that he is a terrible singer XD.ReplyDelete
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NLCS: Cards win 4-2, up 3-2: Thanks to that rain delay from Monday, we go right into Game 6 in
From A-Rod to "A-Wrod": I think it's hilarious that all anyone wants to talk about with Lou Piniella is how soon the Cubs will trade for A-Rod. From the Day 1 coverage, you'd think it's a done-deal already. (And, as I pointed out yesterday, it should be.)
It's hard to believe that we're going to be living with this soap opera for the next four months. The Yankees and Cubs should do everyone a favor and consummate the trade during one of the World Series off-days.
Tiki to retire after '06 season? That's the story in today's NY Times, and I wouldn't blame him. Have you ever seen an NFL player get more love from TV and advertisers?
He may not be the most talented player (or most exciting or most winning), but he's good ENOUGH, good-looking and – always key – plays in
Koren Robinson's appeal was denied and he's suspended for the rest of the season. More important: Falcons OG Matt Lehr was suspended 4 games for violation of the NFL's substance-abuse policy.
How many NFL 2006 undrafted free-agents are on active 53-man rosters? Because Marcus Vick is having the last laugh, just moved from practice squad to the real deal. He's a poor man's Wes Welker. (And next stop: Starting QB! Just kidding, but wouldn't that be awesome?)
Melee in
(Meanwhile, have you heard about the OTHER brawl this weekend in college football:
NBA Preseason Watch: Amazingly, last night's Knicks-Celtics game offered a look at two of the more intriguing rookies of the new season:
*Celtics PG Rajon Rondo continued to look like the most impressive rookie of his class and THE steal of the draft: 14 pts (7-11 FG) with a team-high 7 assists. (Why'd they trade away Roy/Foye for Telfair again?)
*Knicks SF Renaldo Balkman isn't even close to the embarrassment people thought he was the morning after draft night. In fact, he could end up one of the Top 10 most impressive rookies of the season, if only because the expectations are so LOW. Last night, he had 9 pts and 7 reb in 14 minutes (and, in 3 Knicks preseason wins, is averaging 8 pts and 6 reb in 18 minutes).
Evgeny Malkin debuts tonight: Now we get a chance to see what all the hype was about. (And if you're going, "Who's Evgeny Malkin?" consider your ignorance to be bliss.)
14-y.o. hoopster commits to USC: 6-6 guard Dwayne Polee got an offer from Tim Floyd and already took it. (USC fans should take a lesson from UCLA, which got a similar commitment from stud Taylor King, who reneged to go to Duke. And
LCS to TBS: Turner Sports paid $350M to get the rights to one of the LCS series. Just as long as they don't hire Steve Lyons (actually, the rumor is that they're targeting Ripken or Grace for TV analyst roles).
CFB Top 25 Update: As I finalize my ballot for the week, I'm very close to joining the crowd, flip-flopping Michigan and WVA, putting UM at No. 2 and WVA at No. 3. (Happy, haters?)
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Tonight on Blogtalkradio we will be speaking with Susie Fishbein, at 10:00pm (Eastern Time). Susie is the author of the Kosher by Design cookbook series. As she celebrates the 10th anniversary of the first book's appearance she just published her eagerly awaited eighth title (Kosher By Design- Cooking Coach).
Susie Fishbein has been the featured celebrity guest on cruise ships as well as at week-long culinary adventures in Israel and Italy. She's been profiled in The New York Times and CNN. The Forward has named her one of the 50 most influential Jews in America.
She was an honored guest at the White House in recognition of the National Jewish Heritage Month, she has taught at Macy's De Gustibus School of Cooking and has been a guest on dozens of network TV and radio shows. She's also been featured at the Epcot International Food & Wine Festival at Disneyworld
Meanwhile, in case you missed it, why not listen to last week's show with award winning cookbook author Jayne Cohen?
Please don't forget to tune us in, this evening at 10:00pm (Eastern Time). We'll be wait'n for ya!


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The epitome of class and elegance, these White Freshwater Pearl Small Silver Stud Earrings Yellow Gold are your perfect go-to accessories for office, everyday and evening wear alike. Sitting comfortably against your earlobe, these iconic yet simple earrings are incredibly beautiful and will never go out of fashion. Also available in white gold color.
Metal: 925 Sterling Silver
Weight: 0.50 gram / 0.017 oz
Plating: Yellow Gold
Stone: White Freshwater Pearl 4mm
Shape: Round
Type: Screw back
We offer FREE trackable international shipping
Standard Shipping Times:
US and Canada: 8 - 20 days*
Australia and New Zealand: 8 - 20 days*
Europe**: 9 - 20 days*
Latin America: 10 - 25 days*
Africa**: 10 - 25 days*
Other countries: 14 - 30 days
Busy Season: 20-40 Days
Exceptions apply. Unfortunately, due to some specific customs procedures, the delivery to some countries is not available at this time. We don't ship to OFAC sanctions country list: Balkans, Belarus, Burma, Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, and Zimbabwe.
Some distant areas can take a bit longer, but we'll get it to you!
● The given delivery dates are estimates calculated from the date an order is out for shipment, keeping in mind the transit time.
● Deliveries might take longer than expected because of incorrect shipping address, bad weather, stringent customs clearance procedures, or any other unavoidable circumstances.
● Please note that import duties, and any other additional import charges and taxes are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are ultimately the buyer's responsibility.
After payment has been processed, an order confirmation email will be sent to the email listed at the time of checkout. Once the email confirmation has been sent, your order will begin to be processed.
The order processing time might take up to 1- 4 business days*. Processing includes checking, packing, and sending your orders to the post-office. After all these procedures, the tracking number will be provided to you via email.
● If you place your order after 11:45 am Central Standard Time on Friday, or over the weekend (Saturday or Sunday), your order will be shipped the following week.
All customers are charged at the time of purchase. All payments are in USD. Paying in local currency means your home bank handles the currency conversion; they will convert the currency from USD to Local currency for you.
When you order multiple items at a time, they may be shipped separately so they get to you faster. Due to warehouse locations and product availability, items may be shipped in separate shipments. You may receive one item before the next. We do this so that you can get your items as fast as possible. In this case, you will be provided with two or more tracking numbers.
We accept 12 hours' notice to cancel an order or update any changes such as quantity, color, size, or Shipping Address information. Just feel free to contact us. We're available 24/7 at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please note that any request received after 12 hours period will no longer be accepted because we process orders immediately. Changes to orders cannot be made once processed.
We will still do our best to get a hold or cancel your order after 12 hours period but no guarantee. If we were able to do so you will be charged a 15% cancellation fee on account of the cost we incur for the item already being in production.
Our return policy is effective for 30 days since receiving your
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Once your return is received and inspected, we will send you an email to notify you that we have received your returned item. We will also notify you of the approval or rejection of your refund. If you are approved, your refund will be processed right away and a credit will automatically be applied to your credit card (or original method of payment) within a few days- depending on your bank.
Please make sure to read our item descriptions carefully. Please bear in mind that photo may slightly different from actual item in terms of color due to the lighting during photo shooting or the monitor's display.
Every once in a while an issue may occur with an order. We are all only human! If this is the case, we are happy to assist you in any way we can. If the problem occurred as a result of an error on our part, we are more than happy to replace or refund the item.
Our Responsibility
● Faulty Product: If the product has a manufacturing defect.
● Wrong Item Sent: If we send you the wrong product, color or size.
Your Responsibility
Oops! Somewhere along the way you might have made a mistake. If any of these are the case, it's up to you to sort things out and unfortunately we cannot refund your item.
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Incorrectly Provided Address: If you made an error in the address. We are not responsible for orders not received due to incorrect shipping addresses entered by the customer at the time of purchase.
Return / Exchange Process
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- The photo(s)
- A specific description of the issue
- The Order Number - If there are multiple products in an order, identifying the product with the issue
Our support team will respond within 1 business day and Return Instruction will be provided.
All orders are guaranteed for delivery. If orders are not received due to circumstances beyond our control, a replacement item will be ordered. The replacement item will be shipped to the original Shipping Address listed at the time the original order was placed. Refunds will not be granted if the customer ordered the incorrect size/color/quantity etc. We ship the exact item(s) that you select at time of purchase. If you require a change to your order, please email us ASAP and we will try our best to accommodate your request. If your order has already been processed or shipped, we cannot make changes to your order, and a refund will not be granted.
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How to Care for Bijoux Jewelry
You love your jewelry – learn how to take care of it with this handy guide to jewelry maintenance.
Take It Off.
Believe it or not, caring for your jewelry occasionally means taking it off, especially during the following activities:
- Sports: Playing any sports, wearing your jewelry to the gym, or doing any sort of exercise can shorten the longetivity of your jewelry and will require a touch up sooner than normaly required.
- Gardening: It is possible to chip your stones or knock the settings loose while doing heavy yard work.
- Cleaning house: It's a good idea not to wear your jewelry while doing the dishes: harsh chemical soaps or cleansers can soil the ring. It's a good idea to take off rings while washing your hands.
- If you'll be taking your ring off to do the activities above, make sure you have a safe -- and memorable -- place to put it. Our travel box is an easy and great place to store it before you wear it again.
- Keep It Free From Lotion, Sunscreen And Perfume. These products can gunk up and discolor your ring- it's a good idea to take it off before you apply product.
- These products can even gunk up your diamond, and even etch colored gemstones. It's a good idea to take your jewelry off before you put these things on.
- Have Your Setting Checked Regularly to avoid stones from falling.
- Most jewelers recommend you have your setting checked every six months to make sure nothing has become loose.
- DON'T SWIM IN THE OCEAN WHILE WEARING YOUR JEWELRY! If it's a Ring, cold water may shrink your fingers just enough to loosen it from your finger, and if you lose it in the deep blue sea, you won't be seeing it again.
- Be Careful In The Kitchen. Cookie dough, turkey loaf, a piecrust… it's great to mix with your fingers. But these foods can leave a film on your ring and really affect its luster.
- Don't Wear Jewelry In Swimming Pools and Spas - Chlorinated water can react with the metals found in jewelry causing color changes and even structural damage. As a result it's a good idea to remove jewelry before entering the pool or spa.
- Remove Your Jewelry Before Bathing - Remove all jewelry before showering or cleaning. Soap can cause a film to form, making it appear dull and dingy. By preventing the formation of this film you immediately reduce the occasions of servicing.
Keep It Clean.
Most jewelers will clean your jewelry free of charge, so take advantage of this courtesy. If you don't have time to get to the jewelry store, there are a few ways to clean your ring at home.
For any discoloration, BIJOUX suggests using the cleaning cloth provided and GENTLY rub of the part that is discolored. For any gunk build up, we suggest using a very MILD dish detergent to clean any lotion buildup from the bottom of the mounting. Simply scrub the top and bottom with a VERY soft toothbrush and rinse several times in hot water. For extra shine, soak your ring in a small bowl of ammonia diluted with three times the amount of water, and gently brush the top and bottom of the mounting with a VERY soft toothbrush. Dip the ring into the solution again, then rinse in warm water several times to be sure to get all of the solution off. You may set the ring on a soft towel to dry, or gently pat it dry.


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*** The patterns below previously hosted at NaturallyCaron.com are now available at a new site, thanks to Spinrite. If you are interested in any of those designs, please visit http://www.yarnspirations.com/naturallycaron ***
Here's where you can get the goods! Many of my designs are available as free pattern downloads from various sites. Some sites require you to join, sign up, sign in and otherwise jump through hoops, but all are free. Enjoy.
All Shawl (Ravelry)
Amsterdam Coat (NaturallyCaron.com)
Archena Skirt (NaturallyCaron.com)
Athena Tabard (NaturallyCaron.com)
Avalon Top (NaturallyCaron.com)
Barcello Jacket (NaturallyCaron.com)
Bell Sleeve Pullover (Knitting Daily)
Bohemian Shawl in Sheepish (Caron)
Broomstick Scarf (Caron)
Broomstick Lace Shell (Lion Brand)
Celtic Knot Shawl (Craft Yarn Council)
Circle Jacket (Caron)
Cocobay Wrap (NaturallyCaron.com)
Coming Home Poncho (Lion Brand)
Doily Shawl (Lion Brand)
Guadalupe Wrap (NaturallyCaron.com)
Jolimar Skirt (NaturallyCaron.com)
Lace Bolero (Lion Brand)
Lapa Top (NaturallyCaron.com)
Marseille Jacket (NaturallyCaron.com)
Mini Motif Stocking
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Miraval Tunic (NaturallyCaron.com)Paris Tunic (TahkiStacyCharles.com)
Pearl River Lace Wrap (NaturallyCaron.com)
Persimmon Pullover (Lion Brand)
Rockland Throw (NaturallyCaron.com)
Siam Jacket (Tahki Stacy Charles)
Tesoro Shawl (NaturallyCaron.com)
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Listed below are the Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI) for Earth and Space Science and bullet points for their specific grade band progression.
ESS2.D: Weather and Climate
This is a table of the Disciplinary Core Ideas
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Pilot Season: Smash's Debra Messing Lands Lead in CBS Comedy
Another nail landed in the Smash coffin Monday: Star Debra Messing has been cast in the lead role of an untitled CBS comedy pilot from former Sex and the City writers, TVGuide.com has learned.
Messing will play Shira, a married mom who struggles to balance family, life and work. She'll also act as an executive producer for the project.
Pilot Season: Get all the scoop from the major networks
The pilot, based on an Israeli series, comes from executive producers/writers Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky, both of whom also worked on Smash.
NBC recently announced that Smash would be moving to Saturday nights but that all remaining episodes of this season would be aired. That, combined with Messing's new gig, doesn't bode well for the show's future.
Are you disappointed about the end of Smash? And are you looking forward to seeing Messing on a different show?
View original Pilot Season: Smash's Debra Messing Lands Lead in CBS Comedy at TVGuide.com
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There's good reason why Mohawk has been a trusted name in carpets for over a century; good reason why, today, we are the leading flooring producer and distributor worldwide. In a word, innovator.
We pride ourselves on being innovator's in the flooring category. Innovation is central to our goals, strategy, culture and leadership. It's this innovative spirit that has led to such break-through products such as SmartStrand with DuPont Sorona Polymer. And SmartStrand is more than just a smart, new fiber.


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Outdoor Spiral Staircase in Erskine, MN
It is that time of year again, a loved one who lives in your home birth date. You may be planning an elaborate birthday party for your spouse. You can decorate your spiral staircase for his or her birthday.
Find some fun photos of your loved one growing up. You may want to add a picture from youngest to oldest up the stairway. Guests will enjoy looking at the photos as they ascend and descend the stairs.
You can decorate your high quality wooden spiral staircase for a child's birthday, too. Buy some balloons and attach them to the hand railing. You may want to add some garland to brighten up the stairway to add to the festivities. Throw a little confetti on the stairs and you are good to go. (Do not put too much confetti on the stairs as it may create them to become slippery and someone may fall.)
You will be able to decorate your spiral stairway for birthdays for years on end. Your stairway is made only of the finest high quality wood. You can choose from different styles of spiral staircases as well. outdoor spiral staircase in Erskine, MN. outdoor spiral staircase in Erskine, MN. Whether your home is contemporary or country. The contemporary staircase is wooden as well, no metal, veneer or other cheap staircase products are used. You will get your staircase from a highly trusted company that has been in business for over forty years. Their mission is to use high quality wood, elegant spiral stair case plans and excellent customer service.
If you have a certain spiral staircase in mind but cannot find what you are picturing in your mind, you may get help to modify the staircase. Staff is always happy to help you as a customer so you can get exactly what you want with high quality wood.
If you feel you do not have the room to add the sophistication of one of the spiral staircases inside of your home, you may choose to add one outdoors. Attach the spiral staircase to your deck. The wood is top quality and made to withstand all of the weather elements so it will stay looking fantastic for years to come. If you are having an outdoor birthday party, you can decorate the outdoor staircase. Add some small lanterns that light up on a strand. Choose any type of birthday theme you so desire and choose that type of light strand. You can easily spice up a birthday party by doing this.
You can easily choose a kit and do-it-yourself. No added fee of having to hire a contractor to do the work for you. The kit is tested in the factory and it is sent to you disassembled for easier shipping.
By having a spiral staircase in your home, you will be saving 70% of room in your home if you have a traditional stairway. You will add value to your home when you add this type of stairway. You may make a better profit on your home when you decide to sell it as well as sell your home quicker.


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Illustrations on bleed-proof paper colored with Prismacolor markers; flats drawn with Micron markers.
Mounted on 14" x 18" Museum board.
For this fall/winter collection, we looked at the designs of Bonnie Cashin and Claire McCardell and discussed how they melded functionality with fashion for the working woman. For my take on the assignment, I created a collection that could be taken from day to night, by changing how a piece of clothing was worn, whether it was changing the styling or, via the convertible pieces that served as the anchors of the collection, actually changing the clothes themselves.
Fall Semester 2008: Sportswear Collection
Illustrations on cold-press watercolor paper and colored with watercolors and colored pencils; flats drawn with Micron markers.
Mounted on 14" x 18" Museum board.
For this fall/winter sportswear collection, I was inspired by the colors of Venice, Titian's portraits, and Renaissance armour.
Wintersession 2008 Final: Trash to Treasure
Illustration on bleed-proof vellum colored with marker; flats drawn with Micron markers.
Mounted on 14" x 18" Museum board.
For this assignment, we were asked to create a garment using recycled materials; we could use old things from the Recycling Center, clothes we found at thrift stores, etc.
I decided to use Diet Coke cans and black trash bags. The bodice I made of Diet Coke cans, and I draped the skirt with black trash bags. To attach everything I used silver duct tape. I used about 23 cans for the bodice (including when I had to re-do the bust because boobs are awkward to fit); four large black garbage bags were used for the skirt and draping. I borrowed the boots.
Wintersession 2008: "Travel to Anywhere" Client Project
Illustrations on cold-press watercolor paper, colored with watercolor and colored pencil. Flats illustrated with Micron markers.
Mounted on 14" x 18" museum board.
The second fashion board assignment: Travel to Anywhere.
For this assignment, we picked partners to work with to design collections for them; each person would select a location that they were travelling to, their activities, career, etc. In turn, the designers would create collections suiting their needs and tastes. My partner was Yoshi, and she descided to be a 23-year-old pop-rock star going on a 3-month tour of Europe.
My inspiration was one of a princess who ran away from her home, and ventured to the vibrant nightlife of her home country. Throughout the night, she has gone to concerts, clubs, bars, and raves--so I wanted the collection to be very young and spontaneous. Elements that I incorporated into the collection were shredding, splattering, layering, and juxtaposition to reflect what happened throughout a long night of partying: your clothes get a little torn, stuff has been spilled on them, you lose a few items, and you pick up a few items too.
Yoshi was very open in terms of what she wanted, but she did say she like mostly neutrals with pops of color thrown in. So I stuck with neutral colors like black, white, denim blue, brown, and grey; I used blue, red, and pink as pop colors.
Wintersession 2008: Fashion Icon.
Illustrations on cold-press watercolor paper, colored with watercolor and colored pencil. Flats illustrated with Micron markers.
Mounted on 14" x 18" museum board. Missing fabric swatches.
For this assignment, we were asked to select a "fashion icon," a designer who made an enormous impact on fashion, research his/her designs and make a short presentation on him/her, and finally design a collection as if you were asked to take that designer's place. I chose Cristobal Balenciaga, the founder of Balenciaga.
The colors for the collection were inspired by the center image in the mood board: very rich, slightly dark and gritty colors like a deep cerulean blue, slate, grape, black, and a crimson red. The mood of the collection was, again, a little bit dark and gritty, but at the same time, very glamorous and sexy, like the femme fatale who sits by herself in some smoky film noir lounge.
I tried to incorporate that woman and Balenciaga's old designs together to create this collection. Like Balenciaga, I tried to keep to very sleek silhouettes and clean lines, with some embellishment that made it a little more special. I incorporated a lot of unfinished hems and ruffles that looked like they'd been shredded into pieces to create that moody feeling and also to add interest to the sleek silhouettes.


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Head Lice
Head lice are tiny, barely visible insect-like animals ("arthropods") that may live on the head and cause itching. ("Lice" is plural; the singular is "louse"). Head lice may also live in the eyebrows, eyelashes, and beard. But, sometimes infestations in these areas are from a related species called pubic lice.
Head Lice
Head lice spread by personal contact and by sharing combs, brushes, hats, and other personal items.
Risk Factors
A risk factor is something that increases your chance of getting a disease or condition. Risk factors include:
- Age: childhood
- Sharing combs, brushes, hats, and other personal items
- Personal contact with people who may have lice
Symptoms include:
- Extreme itchiness
- Skin breaks and possible infection (caused by scratching)
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Bacterial infection (if scratching causes open areas on the scalp)
- Some persons with head lice do not have symptoms
The doctor will ask about your symptoms and medical history, and perform a physical exam. The doctor will examine your head and scalp for lice and lice eggs (called "nits").
Do not self-diagnose and self-treat head lice. Some treatments can cause irritation and should only be used by people who have the infestation.
Treating head lice involves removing eggs and killing lice so that they can't continue to lay eggs. Treatment may be difficult because in some regions lice have become resistant to many of the commonly used medications. Some experts recommend that treatment be given only when live adult lice are seen.
Methods include:
- Applying over-the-counter shampoo containing the insecticide, permethrin. It is very important to use medications as directed. Retreatment at 7-10 days is usually required to kill any lice that hatch from unremoved eggs.
- Removing lice on the eyelashes, which may be difficult. Tweezers can be used to pick them off. Vaseline may be used to coat the eyelashes and kill the lice.
- Unless instructed otherwise, remove eggs manually with specially designed combs. Eggs stick firmly to hair. Products such as "Clear," which loosen the eggs, may assist in removal.
Most cases of head lice can be treated with over-the-counter preparations. However, there is increasing resistance to permethrin]]> and ]]>pyrethrin]]> in the US. ]]>Malathion]]> is currently available with a doctor's prescription. It has become a first-line treatment since kills both the lice and their eggs. In certain cases, your doctor may prescribe ]]>lindane]]> .
Lindane is neurotoxic and carries a black box warning. Follow the instructions carefully. It should only be prescribed to patients who are unable to take other medications or who have not responded to them. According to the Food and Drug Administration's warning, lindane can rarely cause serious side effects, including seizure and death. Those especially susceptible are infants, the elderly, children and adults weighing under 110 lbs, and individuals with other skin conditions. Lindane is toxic and should not be overused. Patients are given small amounts (1-2 oz) of the shampoo or lotion and instructed to apply a very thin layer and not to reapply. For more information, visit the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research website .
If you or your child are diagnosed as having head lice, follow your doctor's instructions .
Lice are common, especially in children. While no records are kept for accurate counts, some estimates are that as many as 10-15 million persons annually develop head lice in the United States. To prevent outbreaks of head lice:
- Watch for signs of head lice, such as frequent head scratching.
- Don't share combs, brushes, hats, or other personal items with people who may have lice.
- Avoid close personal contact with people who may have lice.
- If you or your children have head lice, thoroughly wash and dry combs, brushes, hats, clothing, bedding, and stuffed animals, and vacuum carpeting and car seats.
- If your children get head lice, notify their school, camp, daycare provider, and their friends' parents.
- Check all family members for lice and eggs at least once a week.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kids Health
Caring for Kids–Canada
Communicable Disease Control (CDC) Network
Province of Manitoba
American Academy of Dermatology website. Available at: http://www.aad.org/default.htm .
Lindane shampoo and lindane lotion. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. US Food and Drug Administration website. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/lindane/default.htm . Accessed March 12, 2007.
Medication guide lindane (LIHN-dane) lotion USP, 1%. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Food and Drug Administration website. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/lindane/lindaneLotionGuide.htm . Accessed March 12, 2007.
Medication guide lindane (LIHN-dane) shampoo USP, 1%. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Food and Drug Administration website. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/cder/drug/infopage/lindane/lindaneShampooGuide.htm . Accessed March 12, 2007.
National Pediculosis Association, Inc. website. Available at: http://www.headlice.org .
Revised lindane lotion label. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Food and Drug Administration website. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2003/006309lotionlbl.pdf . Accessed March 12, 2007.
Revised lindane shampoo label. Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. Food and Drug Administration website. Available at: http://www.fda.gov/cder/foi/label/2003/006309shampoolbl.pdf . Accessed March 12, 2007.
Roberts RJ. Clinical practice. Head lice. N Engl J Med . 2002;346(21):1645-1650.
Last reviewed November 2008 by ]]>Marcin Chwistek, MD]]>
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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AT&T has backed off on its decision to limit Apple's video chat service, FaceTime, to its shared data plans. In a post to the company's public policy blog, AT&T's Senior Executive Vice President Jim Cicconi wrote that AT&T will now support FaceTime over its cell network "with an LTE device" for all of its tiered data plans within the next 8-10 weeks. Still, those who are still using a grandfathered unlimited plan—which are no longer offered to new users—will still be left out of the FaceTime game, as will those customers who are still using devices that can only connect to AT&T's 3G network.
AT&T first announced that it would restrict the use of FaceTime over the cell network in August of this year, just before Apple's rollout of iOS 6. The company had previously insisted it wouldn't charge extra for the service, but such a claim was only technically true—instead, the company said it would require customers to make use of its Mobile Share data plans aimed at families with multiple devices. But for a single user with multiple devices, the shared data plans yielded little savings, and may have even cost more than a standard data plan from AT&T. Verizon and Sprint, on the other hand, chose to allow FaceTime on all data plans with no restrictions.
But customer unrest was just the beginning for AT&T. Numerous consumer groups argued that AT&T's restriction of the video chat service was a violation of the FCC's net neutrality rules, but AT&T defended itself by saying it wasn't blocking the FaceTime app at all, and that customers were free to download any other video chat application they pleased for use on the data network.
Indeed, the app was not actually blocked—Apple's FaceTime functionality comes built-in with the iPhone and has always worked over Wi-Fi. AT&T seemed to argue that users were still free to use it on their iPhones over Wi-Fi, or any other video chatting app for use over the cell network, which made the net neutrality argument moot. Such a dance around words led a coalition of advocacy groups to put together an FCC complaint against AT&T, and Ars Technica's Nate Anderson to write a post entitled "AT&T, have you no shame?"
It appears as if AT&T may have some shame after all. In Thursday's blog post, Cicconi claims AT&T took a "cautious approach" to allowing FaceTime over cellular because it just has so many iPhones on its network.
"In this instance, with the FaceTime app already preloaded on tens of millions of AT&T customers' iPhones, there was no way for our engineers to effectively model usage, and thus to assess network impact," Cicconi wrote. "It is for this reason that we took a more cautious approach toward the app. To do otherwise might have risked an adverse impact on the services our customers expect – voice quality in particular – if usage of FaceTime exceeded expectations. "
Cicconi went on to say that users of AT&T's tiered data plans would be able to make use of FaceTime within the next couple months. The company also began rolling out new billing plans for deaf and hard-of-hearing users in October, which would allow them to make use of the video chat service as well. He did not, however, offer any explanation for the company's perplexing limitation of offering FaceTime to only LTE users. Apple's iPhone 5 was only rolled out in September of this year, and it's the only iPhone thus far with LTE capabilities. As such, millions of iPhone users who bought their devices before September will apparently be left out from the mobile FaceTime rollout on AT&T.
The reaction from advocacy groups is that one of cautious celebration. They praised AT&T's move in making FaceTime more accessible to deaf users by allowing them to move to tiered data plans of their own, though the groups pointed out that this is still not accessible for most hard-of-hearing subscribers.
"The law is clear," Free Press Policy Director Matt Wood said in a statement. "AT&T cannot block FaceTime based on claims of potential congestion. There's nothing even remotely reasonable about that approach. AT&T simply can't justify blocking an app that competes with its voice and texting services unless customers purchase a more expensive monthly plan that includes an unlimited amount of those very same services. AT&T's course correction is a move in the right direction, but until the company makes FaceTime available to all of its customers it is still in violation of the FCC's rules and the broader principles of Net Neutrality."
Still, Public Knowledge, Free Press, and the Open Technology Institute said they're still poised to file an FCC complaint if AT&T doesn't keep its promise to allow FaceTime over data for all its subscribers "in a timely manner."
"An FCC complaint offers a path to a positive resolution for consumers, but it's a path with an uncertain timeline. So we are willing to wait and see if AT&T will follow through with its promise to end its illegal practices in short order," Public Knowledge staff attorney John Bergmayer said in a statement. "We still intend to pursue legal action against AT&T if it doesn't make FaceTime available to all of its customers quickly."


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At least three people were confirmed dead and 55 injured. The high number of people unaccounted for — likely trapped in the ship or floating in the ocean — raised fears that the death toll could rise drastically, making it one of South Korea's biggest ferry disasters since 1993 when 292 people died. One student, Lim Hyung-min, told broadcaster YTN after being rescued that he and other students jumped into the ocean wearing life jackets and then swam to a nearby rescue boat. "As the ferry was shaking and tilting, we all tripped and bumped into each another," Lim said, adding that some people were bleeding. Once he jumped, the ocean "was so cold. … I was hurrying, thinking that I wanted to live." Local television stations broadcast live pictures of the ship, Sewol, listing to its side and slowly sinking even as passengers were jumping out or being winched up by helicopters.
At least 87 vessels and 18 aircraft swarmed around the stricken ship. Rescuers clambered over its sides, pulling out passengers wearing orange life jackets. But the ship overturned completely and continued to sink slowly. Within a few hours only its blue-and-white bow was seen sticking out of the water. Very soon that too had disappeared. Some 160 coast guard and navy divers searching for survivors inside the ship's wreckage, a few kilometers (miles) from the shore of Byeongpung Island, which is not too far from the mainland. The area is about 470 kilometers (290 miles) from Seoul. Those rescued — wet and many without shoes — were brought to the nearby Jindo Island, where medical teams wrapped them in pink blankets and checked them for injuries before settling them down on the floor of a cavernous gymnasium hall. The ship had set sail from Incheon, a city in the northern part of the country and the site of South Korea's main international airport, on Tuesday night for an overnight, 14-hour journey to the tourist island of Jeju.
About three hours from its destination, the ferry sent a distress call at about 9 a.m. local time Wednesday after it began listing to one side, according to the Ministry of Security and Public Administration. Officials didn't know what caused it to sink, and said the focus was still on rescuing survivors. #Lee Gyeong-og, a vice minister for South Korea's Public Administration and Security Ministry, said 30 crew members, 325 high school students, 15 school teachers and 89 non-student passengers were aboard the ship. Kang Byung-kyu, a government minister, said the two dead are a female crew member and a male believed to be a student.
A third body was found in the water but details were sketchy. He said 164 people were rescued, of whom 55 were injured. He said 292 people were missing, likely either trapped inside the ship or floating in the ocean. Yonhap news agency said the 146-meter (480-feet) -long ship, which travels twice a week between Incheon and Jeju, was built in Japan in 1994 and could carry a maximum of 921 people, 180 vehicles and 152 shipping containers.
The water temperature in the area was about 12 degrees Celsius (54 Fahrenheit), cold enough to cause signs of hypothermia after about 1 ½ to 2 hours of exposure, according to an emergency official who spoke on condition of anonymity citing department rules. Officials said mud on the ocean floor made underwater search operations difficult. It was not immediately known how deep was the ocean floor. Passenger Kim Seong-mok told YTN that he was "certain" that many people were trapped inside the ferry as water quickly rushed in and the severe tilt of the vessel kept them from reaching the exits. Some people urged those who couldn't get out of the ferry to break windows. The students — half of them boys and half girls— are from Ansan High School in Ansan city, which is near Seoul, and were on their way to Jeju island for a four-day trip, according to a relief team set up by Gyeonggi Province, which governs the city. There are faster ways to get to Jeju, but some people take the ferry from Incheon because it is cheaper than flying.
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The Washington Nationals will be announcing the inaugural Ignite Your Natitute Tweet-up to be held at Nationals Park during the July 3 game vs. the San Francisco Giants.
The team will be setting aside a section in Nationals Park for those who RSVP via Twitter, with a special discount ticket package. The exact location of the tickets will be announced late in June, and the team has promised that the location of the tickets will improve based on the number of RSVPs received.
To RSVP, simply tweet "RSVP" and use the hashtag #IYNT. Tickets will go on sale June 22.
The Nats have promised an evening of prizes and giveaways based on Twitter activity, both before and during the game.
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Since 1963—before our doors on Wilshire Boulevard were even open!—LACMA has been supporting young and emerging Los Angeles artists through an annual acquisitions program, originally known as the Young Talent Award and now called Art Here and Now. One-time up-and-coming artists like Chris Burden, Mary Corse, Tim Hawkinson, and Mark Bradford have all been YTA/AHAN artists. More recently AHAN has resulted in acquisitions by Ruben Ochoa, Steve Roden, Aaron Curry, Zoe Crosher, and Mark Flores.
Art Here and Now: Studio Forum is the latest iteration of this program. Members join this group and then, along with LACMA curators, visit a variety of artists' studios around L.A. Following a dialogue between AHAN members and curators about the works, LACMA acquires new works to enter its contemporary collection. This year, five artists have had works acquired by LACMA through AHAN: Studio Forum—Mark Hagen, William E. Jones, Sanya Kantarovsky, Dianna Molzan, and Brenna Youngblood.
Mark Hagen draws inspiration from temporal and spatial contradictions and what he calls the "problem of orientation in a directionless field." A key influence on Hagen's work is Robert Smithson, whose own oeuvre displayed a fascination with geography, deep time, and a dystopian skepticism of technology. Hagen's current body of work stems from an interest in amateur archaeology and serial forms borrowed from a minimalist vocabulary. To Be Titled (Subtractive and Additive Sculpture #8) is composed of slabs of obsidian that have been cut from a boulder and an aluminum frame of the artist's design. Obsidian is a rock made when volcanic lava cools suddenly creating a hardened form while retaining an internal amorphous structure. This "material irony" is one of the attractions for Hagen, who is also fascinated by its multifarious symbolic and functional uses over the world—from Southeast Asia to the Americas. The obsidian slices or plates in To Be Titled are polished to a deep shine that further references the material's uses as mirror in ancient Mexican cultures. He also alludes to Smithson's notion of "mirror travel," the collapsing of spatial and temporal references played with in his Yucatan Mirror Displacements (1969).
William E. Jones' digital video Punctured gathers one hundred images from a vast cache from the Farm Security Administration's photography program (1935–44), which famously depict rural and urban life in the Depression and is now archived and publicly accessible on the Library of Congress' website. Jones singles out negatives that had been rejected, or "killed," by Roy Stryker, the head of the FSA, who was not trained as a photographer but an economist. For a number of years, Stryker had ultimate authority over which of 145,000 negatives were printed; nearly half of the negatives made from 1935-1943 were rejected, including negatives by Walker Evans, Theodor Jung, Carl Mydans, Marion Post Wolcott, among others. Stryker's physical method of rejecting negatives was to punch a hole in the negative—puncturing the image.
Working from this informal collection of "killed" images, Jones works with photo editing software to create thousands of details, therefore creating the impression of a manual zoom out of the central image—a punctured hole. Jones describes the work as a "movie" rather than an animation although it is a collection or agglomeration of thousands of still images that he edits to create the impression of a motion picture.
Sanya Kantarovsky spent his childhood in Russia before departing for his artistic education abroad. His current work is haunted by the aesthetic concerns of the Soviet era. The Third Librarian and The Man with the Black Coat are part of a body of paintings, sculptures, and drawings inspired by the writings of Soviet experimentalist Daniil Kharms. With economic and deadpan formal means, The Man with the Black Coat depicts a man in a blue suit with a pipe surrounded by two men in black coats—alluding to the forced disappearance of both Kharms and his writings under Stalin's regime.
Kantarovsky uses a surrogate figure of sorts who bears a resemblence to the Monsieur Hulot character in the films of Jacques Tati. The Third Librarian isolates the nondescript shoes of this recurring character in another frozen moment that seems both comic and menacing. Through his use of isolated gestures and synechdocal elements, as well as his blurring of figure and ground, Kantarovsky combines and reconstitutes the art historical, literary, and personal references that populate his work.
Dianna Molzan's practice lies in recontextualizing the fundamentals of painting by manipulating traditional materials and framing devices. Using common material elements (oil paints and canvas) she incises, unravels, and reworks the painting surface, oftentimes only leaving the stretcher bars intact. Untitled (2012) retains one L-shaped corner of a painted frame, but the central area typically occupied by the painted canvas exposes the support wall. From the other corner, a U-shaped stuffed-and-painted canvas resembling a velvet rope hangs down and makes a fragile connection back to the frame. In this painting as in others, Molzan tests how far an artist can go before a painting becomes an object rather than a picture plane.
By 2007, Brenna Youngblood had abandoned the straight printed photograph as her medium of choice and began to integrate photography as source and surface material for her mixed-media paintings and constructions. Layering her own photographs of fragments of interior as well as figurative elements and eyes onto panels, canvases, and found surfaces, Youngblood's practice became more painterly and abstract. Youngblood often incorporates elements from her personal archives, combining the subjective realm of personal souvenirs and recognizable cultural icons. Speaking about M.I.A., a large-scale, free-standing sculpture, Youngblood said, "When I was rummaging through old boxes, I found my grade school math book entitled Mathematics of Individual Achievement. I turned it over and on the back cover there was a logo design of a three-dimensional M.I.A., like a jungle gym, which became the inspiration for this piece." The math book, in fact, became a point of departure for an entire recent body of work, which employs visual and material languages, arithmetic symbols, and equations.
Made of plywood in human-scale, or "jungle-gym scale," M.I.A. invites circumambulation. Words and reading, such as "I AM" and "AIM" reveal themselves as a viewer interacts with the work. One may also see 'missing in action' as well as MIA, the popular Sri Lankan-British songwriter, singer, artist, director and activist, emerge as linguistic, figurative and cultural references. This is referred to as Youngblood's "self-reflexive process," in problem-solving, in relation to form, concept, and meaning.
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George Will: Banks shouldn't be TBTF
DALLAS — If in four weeks a president-elect Mitt Romney is seeking a Treasury secretary, he should look here, to Richard Fisher, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Candidate Romney can enhance his chance of having this choice to make by embracing a simple proposition from Fisher: Systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs), meaning too-big-to-fail (TBTF) banks, are "too dangerous to permit."
Romney almost did this in the first debate when he said Dodd-Frank's designation of TBTF banks makes them "effectively guaranteed by the federal government."
Fisher, who has a flair for rhetorical pungency, is more crisp: There are 6,000 American banks but "half of the entire banking industry's assets" are concentrated in five institutions whose combined assets equate to almost 60 percent of GDP. And "the top 10 banks now account for 61 percent of commercial banking assets, substantially more than the 26 percent of only 20 years ago." The problems posed by "supersized and hypercomplex banks" may, Fisher says, require anti-obesity policies. The land of TBTFs is "a perverse financial Lake Wobegon" where all crises are "exceptional," justifying "unique" solutions that are the same, meaning bailouts. This incurs "the wrath of ordinary citizens and smaller entities that resent this favorable treatment ... ."
Fisher cites Andrew Haldane of the Bank of England who calculates this: The assumption that certain banks have implicit TBTF status gives them preferential access to investment capital. In 2009, these silent subsidies enjoyed by TBTFs worldwide approached $2.3 trillion in value.
Endorsing the axiom (attributed to Napoleon) that one should "never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence," Fisher says TBTF banks "are sprawling and complex — so vast that their own management teams may not fully understand their own risk exposures, providing fertile ground for unintended 'incompetence.'" Fisher's rejoinder to those who impute "economies of scale" to such banks is that there also are "dis economies of scale." Fisher, among many others, believes the component parts of the biggest banks would be "worth more broken up than as a whole."
Furthermore, the economy suffers as indefensible preferences multiply. In an essay, "Choosing the Road to Prosperity: Why We Must End Too Big To Fail Now," Harvey Rosenblum of the Dallas Fed's Research Department notes that "people disillusioned with capitalism aren't as eager to engage in productive activities." The desire to strive is inversely proportional to the suspicion that the game is rigged.
Rosenblum adds: "For all its bluster, Dodd-Frank leaves TBTF entrenched. ... In fact, the financial crisis increased concentration because some TBTF institutions acquired the assets of other troubled TBTF institutions. The TBTF survivors of the financial crisis look a lot like they did in 2008. They maintain corporate cultures based on the short-term incentives of fees and bonuses derived from increased oligopoly power."
At bottom, the TBTF phenomenon raises questions not merely about the financial system but about the nature of the American regime. These are Jacksonian questions, implicating issues Old Hickory raised in 1832 when vetoing the Second Bank of the United States: Should the government be complicit in protecting — and by doing so, enlarging — huge economic interests?
Capitalism — which is, as Milton Friedman tirelessly insisted, a profit and loss system — is subverted by TBTF, which socializes losses while leaving profits private.
It is inexplicable politics and regrettable policy that Romney has, so far, flinched from a forthright endorsement of breaking up the biggest banks. This stance by him would be credible because of his background and would be intelligible to voters because of its clarity. As the campaign reaches what should be a satisfying culmination, they would be astonished by, and grateful for, the infusion of a fresh thought into the deluge of painfully familiar boilerplate.


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Meteor makes it difficult for town to drill for water
MANSON, Iowa (AP) — A small central Iowa city is having a big problem drilling a new well, and the reason could date back millions of years.
Manson has failed three times to drill for a new steady water supply. The difficulty apparently is because of a meteor that struck an estimated 74 million years ago, creating what is known as the Manson impact crater.
Geologists believe the meteor caused a catastrophic explosion that burned up everything within 130 miles, although there now is no evidence of the impact.
Underground, however, remnants of the meteor remain, and they are causing headaches for drill engineers, according to the Fort Dodge Messenger.
To improve the chances of success in the city's fourth drilling attempt, the city hired Aquetech Innovation, a company in nearby Fort Dodge that uses satellite imagery to determine well sites.
"When the meteor hit, it blew out all the natural formations," said Lanny Rosenquist, a geologist and owner of Aquetech. "It destroyed all the natural geology. Over in Fort Dodge you get certain layers; over here you don't hit those layers. Everything's mixed up."
Rosenquist said satellite imagery shows markers that can indicate aquifers.
After an analysis, the company started drilling near an auto parts store. If that spot doesn't work, there are two other options on opposite ends of town.
Mayor Dave George said it should be clear by Wednesday if current drilling has succeeded.
Although the meteor created an inconvenience for the city of 1,700 people some 80 miles northwest of Des Moines, George contends it somehow improved the water's taste by removing minerals that make nearby well water harder.
"Manson has naturally soft water," George said. "It's a little harder to get to, but it's worth it."


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Behold: the white iPhone 4. Apple has finally announced that the long-overdue device will be available on Thursday, April 28 in Apple retail stores, Apple's online store, AT&T stores, Verizon stores, and "select" Apple Authorized Resellers.
Apple first announced the white iPhone 4 back in early June 2010 during the annual Worldwide Developers Conference. At the time, the company said it would be available at the same time as the black iPhone 4—late June—but then problems began cropping up. Apple never confirmed any of the rumors surrounding the white iPhone's delay—some said it was due to white paint issues and/or mismatching paint between the phone and the home button. The company did announce several times, however, that the device's launch would be delayed due to various manufacturing "challenges." Eventually, the company pushed the launch to spring of 2011.
The January launch of the Verizon iPhone came and went with no white device to be seen, though rumors began popping up once again in February that Apple planned to roll it out soon. It all came to a head this month as seemingly everyone on earth saw or heard about the white iPhone popping up in retail stores, and now, the day has arrived.
"We appreciate everyone who has waited patiently while we've worked to get every detail right," Apple senior VP of Worldwide Product Marketing Phil Schiller said in a hilariously coy statement.
According to Apple, the white iPhone 4 is indeed the same device as the black iPhone 4 that was released in the summer of 2010, coming in 16GB and 32GB flavors. The 16GB version will be available in the US for $199 (with two-year contract on either AT&T or Verizon), while the 32GB version will be $299. And it won't just be available in the US starting April 28 either—Apple says the white whale is also coming to Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Macau, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, UK.


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